The Write Stuff Thinking Through Essays (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card)

by Sims, Marcie

• ISBN13: 9780205708734
• ISBN10: 0205708730
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The Write Stuff: Thinking through Essaysequips developing writers with the critical thinking skills they need to interpret and analyze information and express their ideas clearly and logically in writing. Highest level developmental writing course or first semester Composition course.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor

Preface to the Student: About This Text and Student Success Tips

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking in Writing and Reading

Critical Thinking and Reading Techniques

Writing Expository Essays

Writing Expository Paragraphs

Writing Expository Essays: Building Blocks

Writing Expository Essays: Process

Writing Expository Essays: Order, Unity, and Coherence

Writing and Critical Thinking In the Modes

Narration

Description

Process

Classification

Definition

Example and Illustration

Cause and Effect

Comparison and Contrast

Argument and Persuasion

Essay Exams and In-Class or Timed Essays

Using Sources with Integrity

Summary, Paraphrase, and Analysis

Finding, Evaluating, and Using Sources

Modern Language Association (MLA): A Basic Introduction

Readings and Visuals for Thinking and Writing

Writing About Visuals

Reading Selections and Critical Thinking Tasks

Spudding Out

A Whole Lot of Cheatinrsquo; Going On

Making Cell Phones in the Class a Community Builder

"Just Walk On By": A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space

One Manrsquo;s Kids

The Discus Thrower

Supersize Me

Thank You for Shopping at Valencia

The Other Side: Some Colleges DO Stress Customer Service

The Lottery

A Hanging

I Wonder: Was It Me Or Was It My Sari?

Still Hungry, Still Homeless,America All the Rage

Barbie Madness

Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids

Sentence Construction and Common Sentence Errors

Sentence Parts

Sentence Constructions and Sentence Variety

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